Coventry parked the bus, while Southampton's attack was more show-like, with long shots often launched.

Even Rudiger rushed to the penalty area and took a long shot.

Coventry spent the second half in fear under strong pressure.

In the end, the score was fixed at 8:0.

Southampton won the Championship with this hearty victory! Next season, Southampton will be promoted directly to the Premier League! This also means that Gu Ran's commitment to Southampton has been fulfilled. As soon as the summer transfer window opens, Gu Ran will leave Southampton and go to a wealthy club.

After the game, Southampton began an unprecedented celebration.

The players rode in the parade on floats until 10 o'clock in the evening, when they dispersed and went home to rest.

Coach Adkins also gave the main players a three-day holiday.

On February 11th, it was still a Championship match day, and Southampton challenged Ipswich away.

Adkins continued to rest the main players and only sent out a substitute lineup against Ipswich.

In the end, Ipswich seized the opportunity and beat Southampton 3:1.

In fact, Ipswich could have expanded the score, but the head coach of Ipswich did not dare to do so, for fear of incurring revenge from the butcher Gu Ran in the future.

For the losing Southampton team, this defeat was nothing.

After all, the Championship title has already been won, and the current competition is just for training.

On February 16, the Europa League competition resumed.

Southampton's main players set off one day in advance and flew to Gelsenkirchen in northern Germany to challenge Schalke 04, a veteran Bundesliga powerhouse, away.

When talking about Schalke 04, we have to mention a Chinese star - Hao Junmin.

Hao Junmin is a Chinese player who once played under the "devil" Magath. Magath had a very high opinion of Hao Junmin, but Magath did not give Hao Junmin enough playing time.

Because although Hao Junmin is very talented in playing football, his physical condition and physical confrontation can never meet Magath's requirements.

Later, Hao Junmin, who had no chance to play and could only train his physical fitness in the training base, finally couldn't stand it anymore. In 2011, he terminated his contract with Schalke 04 and returned to China to play health-preserving football with a high salary.

Unexpectedly, the devil coach Magath also followed closely and came to Luneng to meet up with Hao Junmin.

And in this game, Gu Ran will not be able to meet Hao Junmin in the Europa League.

Of course, even if Hao Junmin didn't leave now, it would be difficult for Schalke 04 to give him a playing position, and it would be difficult for him to even come on as a substitute.

However, there is another Asian face in Schalke 04's lineup, that is the former J League Rookie of the Year and the contemporary No. 1 right back in Asia: Atsuto Uchida.

The focus of today's game is also the competition between two Asian players.

The current head coach of Schalke 04 is the club's meritorious coach: Hub Stevens.

This coach started out as a central defender and places great emphasis on defense and physical confrontation. This approach is very much in line with Schalke 04's usual style.

In 1996, Stevens took over Schalke 04, which was on the verge of bankruptcy and had no star players. It was under the leadership of Coach Stevens that Schalke 04 rose again, even defeating Bayer Leverkusen at one point, won the second place in the Bundesliga, and reached the final of the Champions League.

Stevens is also the longest-serving head coach in Schalke 04's history. He has built Schalke 04 into an iron army that all European giants fear.

In September 2011, Stevens returned to the familiar Schalke 04 team and coached the team that brought him glory for the second time.

Similar to his first time coaching Schalke 04, Schalke 04 at this time had very poor results, ranking only 15th in the Bundesliga, and the Lord of the Rings Raul had retired, and Europe's best goalkeeper Neuer had also been poached to Bayern Munich.

Schalke 04 is in pieces, and the only big name left is Huntelaar, the striker who "always gets beaten".

Relatively speaking, Southampton's lineup is more impactful.

After the game started, Southampton launched a deadly attack from the left side of their home side by Gu Ran.

The first time Atsuto Uchida confronted Gu Ran, he was knocked away by Gu Ran.

Gu Ran immediately passed the ball to Salah from the left side, but unfortunately Salah stopped the ball a little too far and was blocked by Schalke 04's central defender.

The Schalke 04 fans also had a false alarm.

It has to be said that Schalke 04 did an excellent job on defense, and their physical confrontation ability was no less than that of Premier League teams.

In the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 has always been an alternative team that places great emphasis on physical confrontation. It is not an exaggeration to say that they play English football in their bones, but in fact, this is the most classic European football style. The so-called English style of play is just a branch of Schalke 04's defensive confrontational style of play.

Both teams are defensive counterattack teams, so both sides played rather dully for most of the first half.

Gu Ran was particularly active on the left side. Almost as soon as he got the ball, Gu Ran would pass it to the left side, or dribble the ball himself to compete with Atsuto Uchida.

Atsuto Uchida has been knocked down so many times that he can't even count them all.

In the 31st minute of the game, after Gu Ran passed Atsuto Uchida on the left, he made a beautiful lob pass to Lallana in the open area. Lallana took the ball and shot directly - the ball went in.

The score on the big screen of the Veltins Arena immediately changed to Schalke 04 0:1 Southampton.

The Southampton fans who came from afar to cheer cheered wildly.

Schalke 04, who lost one goal, immediately strengthened their defense.

The score of 0:1 remained until the end of the first half.

After the halftime break, players from both teams returned to the field and continued the game.

Southampton changed their defensive strategy and adjusted their formation to a more offensive 4231 formation.

Gu Ran played as a central midfielder and continued to lead Southampton in attack and defense.

Both sides had thrilling moments at the beginning of the second half.

Huntelaar had a very beautiful shot in the penalty area, but the ball hit the crossbar and failed to turn into a result.

When the game reached the 80th minute, both sides were still full of energy.

Gu Ran began to burst out with all his strength.

...(End of this chapter)